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Air Pollution: Manchester Rusholme

Asked by Afzal KhanLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 16 October 2025UIN 78464

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to improve air quality monitoring in Manchester Rusholme constituency.

Answered by Emma Hardy

Local authorities are responsible for monitoring and assessing local air quality in their areas.

At a national level, air quality monitoring is undertaken across Greater Manchester at multiple locations, including Salford Eccles, Manchester Picadilly, Tameside A635, Bury Whitefield Roadside, Shaw Crompton Way and Manchester Sharston, measuring either NO2 and/or PM2.5.

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